EDF and China's CGN win EU okay for Hinkley Point project

French power company EDF and Chinese nuclear firm CGN won regulatory approval from the EU's competition authority on Thursday to build and operate nuclear power plants at Hinkley Point in Britain. Britain said the Hinkley Point project, one of the world's costliest, is needed to replace ageing reactors and polluting coal plants. The European Commission said it did not see any serious competition issues.